Is it a medical emergency or can it wait a while? The government wants reduce the pressure on the emergency number 112. One of the target groups: international students.
VU Amsterdam no longer wants to collaborate with companies in the fossil fuel sector that fail to comply with the Climate Agreement.
What is academic freedom? According to a European report, there are many different ideas about it, and that could potentially lead to problems.
Go and vote for the participation councils. That message was issued by Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf, along with students, participation bodies and executive boards.
Legal action is being taken against Dutch universities by The Rights Forum as they should be providing more information about their contacts with ‘pro-Israel’ organisations.
The availability of student housing is declining rapidly, the Dutch Student Union warns. And it could get worse, now that the government is going to tackle the rental market.
How many students dropped out last year? Universities still have no clear answer to this question. They do not just get such figures from the Ministry of Education anymore.
Fewer flexible contracts, more security for staff. This week, the government put forward a plan to reform the labour market. What will that mean for higher education?
Rotterdam student to lead LSVb Elisa Weehuizen, a 21-year-old sociology student from Erasmus University Rotterdam, will become the new president of the National Students’ Union (LSVb). She sits on the programme committee of her study and plans to focus on, among other things, study financing, housing and “worrying conditions that seem to be…